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Casinos all along The Strip will offer culinary specials, celebratory decor and live entertainment throughout February to commemorate the Chinese New Year.

Looks like we're all still here, chugging along despite yesterday's vote to repeal net neutrality. Check out today's Friday Five for a little more on that, plus some compelling jackpots and business transactions.

Jamie M. Sanko has been appointed Chief Accounting Officer of Empire, while Kevin D. Kline has taken the role of Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Resorts World Catskills.

The renowned poker tournament will run from 29 May to 17 July at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Being a casino dealer is a job that requires hard work and the right personality. Casino City sat down with dealer Heather Ferris to get a better picture of this profession.

Casino City's Gary Trask explains the confusion and shock that overcame the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Sunday night as the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history unfolded three miles away.

The duo introduced their first slot game on 19 September at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Casino City's Gary Trask returns from a week in Las Vegas and breaks down 10 new experiences he enjoyed while in town, including new hotels, casinos, bars and gaming formats.

Scott Blumstein finished with 178,300,000 chips when all was said and done for the night, while fan favorite John Hesp holds on with 22,475,000 chips.

Throughout John Hesp's wild ride from unknown to poker celebrity at the WSOP, an Uber driver named David Perry has been by his side. Now, the 57-year-old longtime Las Vegas resident has landed a gig as agent for the hottest poker player in the game.

Casino City's Gary Trask asks and answers the most vital questions from the World Series of Poker Main Event and explains why it's one of the most compelling final tables in recent memory.

Newcomers and seasoned pros alike will go up against each other at this year's Main Event, each hoping for the $8 million first place prize and the coveted gold and diamond bracelet.

Nine players — a few of them former November Niners — will battle it out for the Main Event's first place prize of $8,150,000 on 20 July.

After spending the last week in Las Vegas watching hours upon hours of the World Series of Poker, Casino City's Gary Trask relays 10 thoughts and observations as the Main Event turns toward the final table, beginning on Thursday.

In addition to hosting the largest Main Event since 2010, the 74-event poker festival also set records for number of entries and the amount of prize money awarded.

Casino City caught up with the ever-busy Director of the World Series of Poker, now in his 13th year in the role, and discussed mistakes, progress and the event's inherent chaos.

For the third straight year, Belgium's Kenny Hallaert is making a deep run at the World Series of Poker Main Event and bidding to pull off the rare feat of making back-to-back final tables.

As the field at the World Series of Poker Main Event went from 1,084 players to 297, Argentina's Damian Salas took charge and landed at the top of the leaderboard with a stack of 4,678,000.

A bluff gone bad cost the Prince of Poker his chance to win another World Series of Poker Main Event title, but the Hall of Famer knows full well that the fans still stand behind him.

Following a hasty exit from the World Series of Poker Main Event, the always candid Phil Hellmuth tries to convince Casino City that his new book will help "tens of millions of people."